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Dayton spent most, Emmer most funds remaining in Minn. race

Mark Dayton reported raising $4.2 million in 2010, although most of it -- $3.3 million -- was his own money. Dayton has $256,000 left in the bank. The DFL candidate reported spending nearly $2.5 million on ads.

Republican Tom Emmer reported raising nearly $2.3 million this election cycle. He reports having more than $353,000 left in the bank. His campaign finance report says he spent more than $1.7 million on ads since the primary and paid a fundraising consultant $27,500 earlier this month.

The Independence Party's Tom Horner raised $1.1 million and has less than $60,000 left.

The outside interest groups have been raising and spending money at a faster pace. The Democratic-leaning Alliance for a Better Minnesota raised $5.9 million and spent $4.4 million on ads criticizing Republican Emmer. MN Forward, a group mostly funded by corporations, reported raising $1.9 million and spent $1.3 million on ads helping Emmer.

While most companies gave to independent groups like MN Forward working to elect Emmer, two companies gave money to a group working to elect Dayton. Kwik-Trip and Anheuser-Busch both gave to Win Minnesota.

Two national groups working to elect gubernatorial candidates are spending in Minnesota. The Republican Governors Association reported spending nearly $1.8 million on the race. The Democratic Governors Association spent $1.5 million to date. Both of those groups contributed directly to independent funds that are working to elect their respective candidates.